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Geometry Difficulty 4.7 AIME Prove it Slovenia

The bisector of the inner angle ACB\angle ACB in an acute triangle ABCABC intersects the side ABAB at DD. The circumcircle of the triangle ADCADC intersects the side BCBC in two distinct points, CC and EE. The line through BB parallel to the line AEAE intersects the line CDCD at FF. Prove that AFBAFB is an isosceles triangle.

Solution

Write ACB=γ\angle ACB = \gamma. Then ACF=FCB=γ2\angle ACF = \angle FCB = \frac{\gamma}{2}, since CFCF is the bisector of the angle ACB\angle ACB. The points AA, DD, EE and CC are concyclic, so DAE=DCE=γ2\angle DAE = \angle DCE = \frac{\gamma}{2}. The line BFBF is parallel to the line AEAE, so ABF=DAE=γ2\angle ABF = \angle DAE = \frac{\gamma}{2}. We have ACF=γ2=ABF\angle ACF = \frac{\gamma}{2} = \angle ABF, so the points AA, FF, BB and CC are concyclic. From here we get FAB=FCB=γ2=ABF\angle FAB = \angle FCB = \frac{\gamma}{2} = \angle ABF and so AFBAFB is an isosceles triangle with the apex at FF.

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